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Is This the India of My Dreams?

Above: Junaid Khan’s mother (centre) wails the loss of her son. Photo: YouTube The killings of Muslims on one pretext or another continue with impunity because the government has not condemned it o...

Advertising: Brand Battles

Above: The Amul brand enjoys tremendous goodwill. It can therefore take on the competition through provocative advertising. Photo: UNI The case between Amul and Kwality Wall’s shows that winning in...

Half a Defence Minister

Above:Arun Jaitley, the current finance, defence and corporate affairs minister. Photo: Rajeev Tyagi Can a politician who holds charge of this ministry and another one do justice to this crucial po...

Gun Control Can Save GOP Politicians’ Lives Too

~By David Rothman in Washington After the neo-Nazi Richard Spencer got punched in the face, many of my fellow progressives laughed. Wrong. Our tolerance of political violence should be zero. I ...

Mandir-Masjid in Perfect Harmony

Sane voices from both communities have suggested solutions which could restore peace and harmony at the disputed site    ~By Firoz Bakht Ahmed   Even as a special CBI court ...

The Rapid Descent

With the fortunes of this once-glorious airline plunging rapidly and the centre in no mood to aid it further, the blame has to be shared by politicians, bureaucrats and the staff    ~By Jitender ...

The Indo-U.S. Solar Dispute: Hardened Trade Ideologies Trump Environmental Concerns

~By Aditya Manubarwala , Malcolm Katrak In 2013, the United States of America brought a claim (India – Solar Cells) before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against India, challenging several Dome...

Draft manual on juvenile homes: A cut and paste job

The Women and Child Development Ministry has recently framed draft guidelines for juvenile shelters.  However, these do little justice to key issues and merely go over old ground, say child rights adv...

In holding an ‘EVM Challenge’ EC may be overstepping its constitutional authority

  ~By Devadatt Kamat   While there is a raging debate in political circles on the parameters being set by the Election Commission for its forthcoming ‘EVM Challenge’ on June 3, ...

Human or Inhuman Shield

Military history is replete with examples of the use of human shields but Major Gogoi’s actions do not violate international law   ~By Wing Commander Praful Bakshi (Retd)The term human ...

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